What’s
New?
October 2012
Once again our students and faculty were represented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. This year's presentations for the 140th APHA Annual Meeting, held in San Francisco, CA, October 27-31, 2012 were:
An evaluation of how the National Prevention Strategy combined with Healthy People Goals can reduce disparities in care of the Aging
Miranda Chung, MPH, Karina Aguilar, MS and MSW, David White, MPH, Luis Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Mahwish Khan, MPH, Monae Johnson, MPH, MBS and Deborah Viola, PhD
Impact of Innovative Training Constructs to Public Health Nursing and Retention
Luis Rodriguez Gonzalez, MD, MPH, DrPH(c), Deborah Viola, PhD and Nanci Coppola, MD, MA
Patient Satisfaction Survey: What does it mean to your bottom line?
Kristin Petrullo, MPH, RD, CDN, Stacey Lamar, CNM, MA, Kinta Alexander, MPH, Simone Edwards, MPH, Jeffrey Karasik, MD, MPH, Rudy Melson, MHA, Oby Nwankwo, MPH, Olufemi Yeku, MPH, MBA and Deborah Viola, PhD
An evaluation of the National Prevention Strategy and Healthy People 2020 with targeted goals for the disabled
Monae Johnson, MPH, MBS, Luis Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Mahwish Khan, MPH, Miranda Chung, MPH, Karina Aguilar, MS and MSW, David White, MPH and Deborah Viola, PhD
Women's Health is Societies' Wealth
Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS,CHES, Deborah Viola, PhD and Amy Ansehl, RN,MSN,FNP C
Improving care outcomes for the disabled: Where policy falls short
Deborah Viola, PhD, Ana West, DrPh(c) and Peter S. Arno, PhD
September 2012
Congratulations to Dr. Arno, who has been recognized as a national leader in long term care research. His membership on TEDMED’s caregiver crisis challenge team reflects his contributions this past decade on the impact of formal and informal caregiving on long term care.
Drs. Arno and Viola presented their papers: “The Patient Center Medical Home: Bridging Child-Oriented to Adult-Oriented Care for Children and Young Adults with Disabilities in the US and UK,” and “Disabilities and Employment: Removing Barriers to Encourage Productive Community Living,” (co-authored with Alexandra Rubino) at the International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care, London School of Economics, 5 - 8 September 2012.
August 2012
Dr. Michael Gusmano presented two papers: “New Medical Technologies and Patient Voices” and "Policy implications of an Aging Workforce," at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2012.
July 2012
Two new doctoral fellowships were added to the program this summer. One is sponsored by the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare Foundation, located in Washinton, D.C., examining the potential impact of policy changes in Social Security and Medicare on racial and ethnic minorities; the other is sponsored by the Women’s City Club of New York analyzing the policy implications of the Medicaid managed long-term care roll-out in New York City. Our first two fellowship recipients are Monae Johnson and Mahwish Khan, respectively. CONGRATULATIONS!
Dr. Peter Arno presented, by invitation, at the Missouri Foundation on Health in St. Louis on July 9. His talk, “Beyond Health Care Reform, The Impact of Social & Economic Policy on Health: The Case of the Earned Income Tax Credit” discussed the potential of a state level EITC in Missouri to positively impact health outcomes.
June 2012
Dr. Deborah Viola and Gail Hunt, President & CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, were panelists in a webinar sponsored by Care.com geared towards human resources staff. The focus of the session was to inform employers about workplace policies and practices that are supportive of employees caring for children with special health care needs and disabilities. Full recording of the webinar and PowerPoints slides
May 2012
Doctoral students Oby Nwankwo, Olufemi Yeku and David White presented papers co-authored with colleagues at the Public Health Association of NYC Student & New Professionals 7th Annual Student Conference on May 5. The conference brought together NYC-area students and faculty of public health to present their work and to tackle new public health research issues. Their presentations were a result of team projects done with fellow classmates in their Health Services Research I class with Dr. Viola. The three papers presented were:
Title:The Patient Satisfaction Survey: What does it mean to your bottom line?
Authors: Oby Nwankwo, MPH, Kristin Petrullo, MPH, RD, Stacey Lamar, CNM, MA, Kinta Alexander, MPH, Jeffrey Karasik, MD, MPH, Simone Edwards, MPH, Rudy Melson, MHA, Olufemi Yeku, MPH, and Deborah Viola, PhD
Title: Independence at Home Demonstration Project: realistic or doomed?
Authors: Olufemi Yeku, MPH, MBA, Simone Edwards, MPH, Kinta Alexander, MPH, Jeffrey Karasik, MD, MPH, Stacey Lamar, CNM, MA, Rudy Melson, MHA, Oby Nwankwo, MPH, Kristen Petrullo, MPH, CDN, RD.
Title: An Evaluation of How the National Prevention Strategy combined with Healthy People Goals can Reduce Health Disparities in the Care of Aging.
Authors: David White, MPH, Miranda Chung, MPH, Monae Johnson, MPH, MBS, Mahwish Khan, MPH, Luis Rodriquez, MD, MPH.
On May 4 doctoral faculty participated in a seminar, An Emerging Policy Agenda for Palliative Care, hosted by the Center for Long Term Care Research & Policy. Keynote speakers included Mary Beth Morrissey PhD, MPH, JDfounder andChair, Collaborative for Palliative Care and President, Westchester End-of-Life Coalition and Bruce Jennings, M.A., Director of Bioethics at the Center for Humans and Nature and faculty member. Panelists included Julie W. Buyon, M.A., Director of Patient Services for the MAC Angels Foundation; Dana R. Deravin Carr, RN- BC, CCM, MPH, MS, doctoral candidate in our program and a registered professional nurse certified in case management; and Bruce Feinberg, D.O., Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Management, Payors for Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions. The panel was moderated by faculty members Deborah Viola and Michael Gusmano.
You may view the seminar here. The video includes presentation slides by co-keynote speaker Mary Beth Morrissey. The full prepared text of co-keynote speaker Bruce Jennings’ presentation is available here.
March 2012
Joe Baker, President of the Medicare Rights Center, was the featured speaker at this year's Health Care Leader series event on Tuesday, March 20. Mr. Baker's presentation was timely given the pending changes in New York, including the move towards managed long term care, and the national challenge playing out in the Supreme Court.
February 2012
Doctoral candidate Ana West was awarded the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship with the National Academies. Ana has been assigned to the Committee on Population (CPOP) which is part of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE). Ana's bio
Doctoral candidate Karina Aguilar was awarded a 2012 Executive Leadership Program Fellowship as part of the National Hispana Leadership Institute. In partnership with Harvard’s Executive Education Program at the John F. Kennedy School of government, fellows undergo a four week training program that offers insights into public policy issues affecting the Hispanic Community. Karina's bio
January 2012
On Thursday, January 12, sixty attendees gathered at the 18th annual New York Medical College faculty author recognition sponsored by the Health Sciences Library. This event toasted the scholarly publications of 418 authors in 1058 items during the 2010/2011 academic year. Read more.
Congratulations to our doctoral faculty who were recognized. NYMC faculty who authored a comprehensive text during FY2011: Arno, Peter, Viola, Deborah, Shi, Qiuhu. MetLife study of caregiving costs to working caregivers: double jeopardy for baby boomers caring for their parents. Gusmano, Michael, et al. Health care in world cities.
November 2011
A video of their presentations is available at the School of Health Sciences and Practice Learning Management Site. The video also includes presentations by Center Director and Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Policy and Management, Peter S. Arno, PhD. & Center Deputy Director and faculty member, Michael K. Gusmano, PhD., who provide an overview of Center activities to date.
The Center was also featured in this month's inTouch:
Center for Long Term Care Research and Policy tackles tough issues of aging, Vol.17 No.9, (Nov. 2011), p.3.
October 2011
The Doctoral Program is proud to have been so well-represented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, in Washington, D.C. October 29-November 2, by its faculty and doctoral candidates:
Sandeep Sharma, MD, Doctoral Candidate, presented two posters: A Single-Blinded, Direct Observational Study of PGY-1 and PGY-2 Residents in Evaluating their History-Taking and Physical Examination Skills and A Call fo a Federal Ban on Consumer Fireworks
Melissa Lang, Doctoral Candidate, participated in a panel: Rebalancing Institutional Care to Grassroots Aging in Place Model
Dana Derravin Carr, Doctoral Candidate, presented a poster: Evaluation of access to advance directives for seriously ill African Americans in urban communities served by safety net hospitals
Luis Rodriguez, MD, Doctoral Candidate, presented a poster he co-authored with fellow candidates Mahwish Khan, Monae Johnson, David White, Karina Aguilar, Miranda Chung and faculty member Deborah Viola: Assessing improvements to health care coverage for persons with disabilities using the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Healthy People 2020 as a guide
David White, Doctoral Candidate, presented a poster he co-authored with fellow candidates Karina Aguilar, Miranda Chung, Mahwish Khan, Luis Rodriguez, Monae Johnson and faculty member Deborah Viola: An Evaluation of How the PPACA Will Further HP 2020 Goals For the Aging
Penny Liberatos, PhD, faculty member, and her colleague Sophia McIntyre-Daniel, MD, MPH presented a poster: Attitudes toward breastfeeding among college-educated African-American women
Padmini Murthy, MD, faculty member, in addition to moderating several sessions, presented a paper: Importance of Urban Health and Why it Matters
Deborah Viola, PhD, faculty member, presented a paper she co-authored with fellow faculty member Peter Arno, doctoral candidates Linda Harelick and Oscar Alleyne, and Rockland County Commissioner Joan Facelle: Regional Health Planning Initiative- Assessment, Planning, Evaluation
July and August 2011
Two of our doctoral candidates were featured in the NYMC publication inTOUCH. Dana Deravin Carr was given Accolades for her receipt of the Hudson Valley Chapter Case Manager of the Year award. Read more
Ana West was featured in an article describing her experience as a Franklin Fellow with the State Department as part of her internship. Read more
June 2011
Doctoral candidate Dana Deravin Carr, RNBC, CCM, MPH, MS is the recipient of the 2010 Patricia McCollom Professional Case Manager Scholarship and is the Hudson Valley Chapter Case Manager of the Year for 2011. Read more
Doctoral candidate Nancie E. Celini was session moderator at the Drug Information Association (DIA) 47th annual meeting in Chicago from June 19 – June 23, 2011. Nancie facilitated a presentation on “Rethinking Pharmaceutical Development” followed by a one-on-one candid discussion with Dr. David B. Nash, Dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University.
Doctoral candidates, Sandeep Sharma, MD and Gus Steadman, both presented posters at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle Washington June 12. Sandeep's poster detailed his current research: “A Single-Blinded, Direct Observational Study of PGY-1 and PGY-2 Residents in Evaluating their History-Taking and Physical Examination Skills.” Gus presented a chapter of his dissertation research: "Meeting Primary Care Needs in Medically Underserved Areas: Relationships between International Medical Graduates, US Medical Graduates, and Primary Care in Rural Underserved Areas. "
Doctoral student Monae L. Johnson, MPH, MBS is the recipient of the 2011 Emerging Healthcare Leaders Scholarship Program sponsored by the Healthcare Leaders of New York (HLNY), an official local chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). The scholarship program exists to award undergraduate and graduate students who are currently enrolled in a course of academic studies related to Healthcare Management/Administration, Health Systems Management, Policy/Public Administration or Hospital Administration. All awardees must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00, and must distinguish themselves through academic studies, community involvement and a written vision statement to become a future healthcare leader. This year, a total of three graduate scholarships were awarded.
May 2011
Doctoral students Karina Aguilar, Miranda Chung and David White presented their paper at the Public Health Association of NYC Student & New Professionals 6th Annual Student Conference on May 21. The conference brought together NYC-area students and faculty of public health to present their work and to tackle new public health research issues. Their presentation, “Health Care Implications of ACO’s on Short-Term and Long-Term Care Planning for the Elderly and Disabled,” was a result of a team project done with fellow classmates Mahwish Kahn, Monae Johnson and Luis Rodriquez in their Health Services Research I class with Dr. Viola.
Welcome
New Students
Peter
S. Arno, PhD
Director, Doctoral Progam
Deborah
Viola, PhD
Associate Director, Doctoral Program
Annette
Choolfaian, RN, MPA
Department Chair
Who’s
in the News?
At the End of Life, Talk Helps Bridge a Racial Divide The New York Times (Views). August 6, 2012. Deborah Viola, Ph.D., is associate director of the doctoral program and associate professor of health policy and management.
Dana Carr is a doctoral student in the School of Health Sciences and Practice.
Discovering the True Cost of At-Home Caregiving
NPR (US News) May 1, 2012. Study research and analysis by:
Peter S. Arno, Ph.D., professor and director of doctoral studies in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Deborah Viola, Ph.D., M.B.A., associate professor and associate director of doctoral studies in the Department of Health Policy and Management.
Pharmaceutical Commerce A conversation with Meghan Fitzgerald, President, Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions Jan/Feb 2012.
APHA Student Assembly: News & Views Public Health and General Nursing Workforce Luis Rodriguez, Fall 2011:11.
The Bioethics Forum of The Hastings Center:
The 15 Percent: Misinformation about U.S. Poverty Michael Gusmano, October 28, 2011.
Administration Reveals Lack of CLASS
Peter Arno, Michael Gusmano and Deborah Viola, November 15, 2011
Politico Solving Social Security's Fiscal Dilemma, Peter S. Arno and Deborah Viola, September 20, 2011.
Two new articles refer to the MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers by faculty contributors Arno, Viola and Shi:
•Wall Street Journal Toll of Caring for Elderly Increases, Greene, K. June 2011
•4-Traders Caregiving Costs Americans $3 Trillion in Lost Wages, Pension and Social Security Benefits, June 2011
One new article refers to the Journal of Public Health Policy study by Arno, House, Viola and Schechter, Social Security and Mortality: The Role of Income Support Policies and Population Health in the United States. 2011 Feb 17:
•Los Angeles Times AARP ready to deal on Social Security benefit cuts -- what does research show?, Khan, A. June 2011
Viola, D., Arno, P.S., Tegtmeier, C. Volunteer Advocacy: The Need for National Workers' Compensation. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2010, 4:101.
Viola, D., Shi, Q. When Poor Families Spend Unwisely
Estes, C., Arno, P., Viola, D. Age
Discrimination and Health Care Reform
Celini, N.E.; Reilly, M.J.; Steadman, W.; Klein, L. Doctoral
Students Speak Out; Letters to the Editor, November 2009
Arno, P. S. Bridging
the Gap: Income Support Policies and Population Health
Viola, D. Rebuilding America: Urban Policy
and Health
More...
Recent Publications
Maschi T, Viola D, Sun F. The High Cost of the International Aging Prisoner Crisis: Well-Being as the Common Denominator for Action. The Gerontologist, 2012 Oct 4;doi: 10.1093/geront/gns125
Petrullo, K, LaMarr, S, Alexander, K, Nwanko, O, Viola, D. The Patient Satisfaction Survey: What does it mean to your bottom line?" Journal of Hospital Administration.2013;2(2):doi:10.5430/jha.v2n2p1
Maschi T, MacMillan, T,Viola, D. Group drumming and well-being: A promising self-care strategy for social workers. Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 2012 Dec 19:doi:10.1080/17533015.2012.748081
Freeman L, Neckerman K, Schwartz-Soicher O, Quinn J, Richards C, Bader MD, Lovasi G, Jack D, Weiss C, Konty K, Arno P, Viola D, Kerker B, Rundle AG. Neighborhood Walkability and Active Travel (Walking and Cycling) in New York City. J Urban Health. 2012 Sep 1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22941058
Viola D, Arno P, Siskowski C, Cohen D, Gusmano M. The Economic Value of Youth Caregiving in the United States. Relational Child and Youth Care. 2012;25(2):10-13.
Viola D, Arno PS. Long Term Care Planning for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. In: Tulley R, Crews J, eds. The Multiple Dimensions of Caregiving and Disability. Springer Publishing Company, 2012.
Sacco J, Carr D, Viola D. Palliative Medicine Consultation at an Urban Safety-net Hospital Increases DNR Outcomes Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine,August 2012, first published online 9 July 2012DOI: 10.1177/1049909112450941.
"Cost-Effective Approach to Managing Laboratory Reference Ranges for Local Laboratories in Clinical Research" by Vadim Tantsyura, Imogene Grimes, Jules Mitchel, Sergiy Sirichenko, Jim Crowe, and Deborah Viola
Drug Information Journal, 0092861512446333, first published on May 21, 2012 (available at http://dij.sagepub.com/content/46/3/368.full.pdf+html )
"Lessons Learned From a Direct Data Entry Phase 2 Clinical Trial Under a US Investigational New Drug Application" by Jules T. Mitchel, Judith M. Schloss Markowitz, Hua (Helen) Yin, Dean Gittleman, Timothy Cho, Yong Joong Kim, Joonhyuk Choi, Mitchell D. Efros, Kerri Weingard, Vadim Tantsyura, and Dario Carrara, Drug Information Journal, July 2012; vol. 46, 4: pp. 464-471. (available at http://dij.sagepub.com/content/46/4/464.full.pdf+html )
Chin, J.C., Ho, CW, Arima, H., Heo, D.S., Gusmano, M.K.and Berlinger, N. 2012. Integrating Palliative and Supportive Care into Comprehensive Cancer Care: Recent Efforts in Asia Evince an Ethical Agenda, Lancet Oncology, Early Online Publication, April 14, 2012, DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70141-9.
Gusmano, M.K. 2012. Review of Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform. Commonwealth, February 24.
Sharma, S., A Single-Blinded, Direct Observational Study of PGY-1 Interns and PGY-2 Residents in Evaluating their History Taking and Physical Examination Skills. The Permanente Journal/ Fall 2011/ Volume 15 No. 4.
Arno, P.S., Viola D. Removing the Social Security Earnings Cap, Report prepared for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare, July 22, 2011.
Harelick L, Viola D, Tahara D. Preconception Health of Low Socioeconomic Status Women: Assessing Knowledge and Behaviors. Women's Health Issues. 2011 Jul-Aug;21(4):272-6. Epub 2011 May 24. Abstract
MetLife Mature Market Institute, the National Alliance for Caregiving, and the Center for Long Term Care Research & Policy at New York Medical College. The MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers: Double Jeopardy for Baby Boomers Caring for Their Parents. (Center faculty contributors: Peter S. Arno, Deborah Viola, and Qiuhu Shi) June 2011.
Gusmano, M.K. Do We Really Want to Control Health Care Spending? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 2011 June, 36: 495-500.
Arno, P.S., House, J.S., Viola, D., Schechter, C. Social Security and Mortality: The Role of Income Support Policies and Population Health in the United States. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2011 Feb 17. Abstract
Miyake KK, Maroko AR, Grady K, Maantay JA, Arno PS. Not Just A Walk in The Park: Methodological Improvements for Determining Environmental Justice Implications of Park Access in New York City for the Promotion of Physical Activity. Cities and the Environment, 2010, 3(1):1-17.
Celini, N.E. An Interview with Dr. David Nash
Vadim, T., Grimes, I., Mitchel, J. et al. Risk-based Source Data Verification Approaches: Pros and Cons
Alim, I., DeLuca, E. Case Report on Socio-Economic Aspects of Obesity
Conover, C.J., Weaver,
M., Ang, A., Arno, P., Flynn, P.M., Ettner, S.L. Costs of Care
for People Living with Combined HIV/AIDS, Chronic Mental Illness, and
Substance Abuse Disorders. AIDS Care. 2009 Dec;21(12):1547-59.
Viola, D., Leven, D.C., & LePere, J.C. End-of-Life
Care: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Arno, P.S., Sohler, N., Viola, D. & Schechter, C. Bringing
Health and Social Policy Together: The Case of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Weaver, M.R., Conover, C.J., Proescholdbell, R.J., Arno, P.S., Ang, A.,
Uldall, K.K., & Ettner, S.L. Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Integrated Care for People with HIV, Chronic Mental Illness
and Substance Abuse Disorders
